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Graduate Why is the change in angle of precession equal to dL/L?
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High School Why static friction is directely proposnal to normalreaction
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Graduate Surge Pressure Stagnation Pressure Static Pressure Bernoulli
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Undergrad Relationships between potential energy and distance
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High School What is the opposite action to velocity
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High School Is it possible to have zero velocity and zero acceleration?
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Undergrad I thought springs can only pull
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Undergrad Constant acceleration kinematics
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Graduate Can the Time Derivative of a Vector Change if its Magnitude or Angle Decreases?
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High School Test generator software for HS physics
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Undergrad Average velocity in uniform circular motion
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Undergrad Optimised Shin Guard for Slalom Skiing
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Undergrad Tension in rod of a bicycle wheel skewer
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Undergrad Total Kinetic Energy: Moment of Inertia & CM Axis
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High School Mass v Weight, Earth Moon and Space.
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Undergrad Rotational Motion - Disk-Disk Collision problem
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Undergrad Calculating Force and Efficiency of Fans Using Airflow Measurements
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High School I have a question about conservation of energy
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Undergrad Conservation of Energy and the angle of the incline
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Graduate Rotational Spring Arbitrary Motion
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Undergrad Centripetal Force: Normal Contact Force & Velocity
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Graduate Rotating Horizontal Tube filled with ideal liquid
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Undergrad Total Energy of an orbiting satellite?
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High School Is the Formula P=Torque(angular velocity) Valid for Measuring Bicycle Power?
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Undergrad How long must concrete slab cure before anchoring equipment?
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Graduate Calculating apoapsis from position and velocity
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Undergrad Calculate Centre of Gravity/Mass of Non-Uniform Objects Using Load Cells
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Undergrad Explaining Rotational Mechanics: Friction and Stationary Disc
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Undergrad How Effective Is a Movable Center of Gravity in a Pinewood Derby Car Design?
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Graduate Speed of sound in mixture of gases
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Undergrad Drag racing acceleration and friction
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Undergrad What is the notation for angular distance travelled?
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Undergrad Which will reach the bottom first?
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Graduate How Do You Calculate Moment of Inertia for CD and FE in a Multi-Rod System?
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Undergrad Can a 50 Caliber Bullet Penetrate a Pure Diamond Plate from 50 Yards Away?
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Graduate Solving Stress and Strain to Understanding
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Graduate How to determine speed with no frame of reference?
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High School How does resonance of waves work?
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Undergrad How far water flows in a tilted oven before evaporating?
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Undergrad Curiosity on conservation of energy
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Undergrad Random power generation thought
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High School Free Body Diagram of Car on Mountain
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Undergrad Relative angular velocity in a rotating rod
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Graduate Static load Vs Push force on an actuator
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Graduate Why Does Critical Damping Reach Zero Faster Than Overdamping?
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Graduate Lagrangian for released double pendulum
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Undergrad Tension and Velocity: Physics Explained
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High School Why is there no work for someone walking on flat plane
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Graduate Escape velocity (from the earth) of the Earth-Sun system
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High School Can someone explain what the speed force is?
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Undergrad Excess pressure on the concave side of the meniscus
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High School Confusion of centrifugal force
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Undergrad I'm confused about the work energy theorem
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Undergrad Dart Trajectory: V0x Calculation Explained
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Undergrad Height and Weight: Impact on Cycling Speed Formulae
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Graduate Non-linear inertia from rest seems common?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics Video Lectures
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High School What Is the Center of Inertia and How Does It Compare to Center of Mass?
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Graduate How Do Collisions Affect the Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum of a Rod?
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Undergrad Direction of motion climbing up stairs for work problem
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High School Where does friction come from?
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High School Low pressures at high velocities
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Undergrad Easy way to find the potential energy in compressed air
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Undergrad Who Decided that Work = Force * Distance?
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Undergrad Understanding Wave Propagation in a Medium
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Graduate Unsolved Scientific Problems in Classical Mechanics
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Undergrad Equations of motion for a fixed-height inverted pendulum
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Graduate Why is 'centrifugal force' directed outwards?
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High School Conservation of Momentum of forces
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Undergrad How do i calculate an object's velocity along a vector?
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Undergrad Calculating the force of a collision
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Graduate Describing the motion of a linked body?
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Undergrad Understanding Surface Tension and its Relationship to Force Calculation
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Graduate Conceptual problem with angular momentum conservation
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Graduate To Study Trajectory Of Shuttlecock In Badminton
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Undergrad Calculating change in linear position
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Undergrad Osmotic pressure=hydrostatic pressure in Ushaped tube
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Undergrad Object collisions: momentum and force
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Undergrad What is the significance of U at infinity in relation to Earth?
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Undergrad Understanding moment of inertia values
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High School Confused about kinetic energy
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Undergrad Calculate angle as a function of time
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum for accelerating object
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Graduate Lagrange equation: when exactly does it apply?
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Graduate Pressure Propagation through Fluid
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Graduate Find potential of a ball inside a grounded shell
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Undergrad Calculating Force Applied to Shaft from Drum Uplift
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Undergrad When you press braking pedal -- wheel road surface tangent F
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Undergrad Most efficient torque transfer
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Undergrad How Does the Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem Apply When Raising a Ball Vertically?
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Graduate Deriving the Equation for Two-Body Mass Interaction for Scientists
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High School Confusion over potential energy equation.
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Undergrad Speed of Shockwaves: Faster than Sound?
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High School Conservation of Energy in Space
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Graduate The grand potential and total Helmholtz free energy
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High School How do you put force in a projectile equation
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Undergrad Why is a gyroscope's precession fastest at 45 degrees?
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Undergrad Does buoyancy affect the extension of a real spring?
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Undergrad Work done by friction and change in mechanical energy
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